modifier

modifier

Modifiers are, quite simply, any word or group of words that modifies (describes or elaborates upon) another element in a sentence. Modifiers can either be adjectives, which modify nouns (or sometimes pronouns), or adverbs, which modify pretty much everything else (usually verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs). Whether a modifier is an adjective or adverb depends on what it modifies and how it functions in a sentence.

modifier

A quantity used to alter the address of an operand in a computer, such as the cycle index. Also known as index word.

(materials)

In flotation, any of the chemicals which increase the specific attraction between collector agents and particle surfaces or which increase the wettability of those surfaces.

Modifier

A method to influence color, transparency, surface normals, or light emission, depending on the type of modifier and the type of material. Modifiers can be combined, so that each modifier in the chain influences a specific property of the material.

modifier

(programming)

An operation that alters the state of an
object. Modifiers often have names that begin with "set"
and corresponding selector functions whose names begin with
"get".

Although biological response modifiers are toxic in many cases, researchers are not sure whether those toxic side effects are due to some property of the drugs themselves or to the interferon production they induce.

The concept of using double-stranded RNA as biological response modifiers started several years ago when Merck Sharp and Dohme of West Point, Pa.

Such a strategy may be vital if biological response modifiers are ever to be used routinely in clincal settings, Levy says.

Biological response modifiers may also play a role in knocking out tumors before they get too large.

He has found that the sex life of feamle mice is important to whether or not their immune systems respond to biological response modifiers.

It differs from the other double-stranded RNA biological response modifiers in that when the drug is made, it is treated so that it's not perfectly helical throughout its entire length.

According to The Global Market for Adjunctive Therapies in Cancer 2005 revenues for therapies addressing nausea, anemia, pain, and infections, among others, exceeded $17 billion while between 2003 and 2005, the market grew by nearly 15%, primarily due to strong sales of biological response modifiers, and nausea, emesis, and breakthrough pain management therapies.

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